Double-Disc Pumps Keep Waste Activated Sludge Flowing Freely to Centrifuges

Replacing aging sludge pumps with a low-friction, low-maintenance design keeps a Maine sewerage district’s clean-water plant reliably and efficiently.

Double-Disc Pumps Keep Waste Activated Sludge Flowing Freely to Centrifuges

Two centrifuges (GEA Group) dewater biosolids delivered by newly installed Double Disc Pumps from Penn Valley Pump. 

Pumps are critical components in wastewater treatment facilities. The Sanford (Maine) Sewerage District experienced just how critical when the pumps feeding biosolids to the centrifuges at its wastewater treatment plant began to fail.

The district, serving a community of 21,000,...

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